Daily Republican., 1887-09-13
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
A Long, Tedious Meet,ng-sohooIst to be
CLOSED Two oente nnial lDays-Another
Colored school Organized.

transacted considerable business. The
me embers were all present except
Hayes, Grimshaw, Smith,
and Pyle. President Baird
occupied the chair, and showed q com.
meDdLble Improvement In holding the
lines tight. After the reading of the
minutes the Book Com IN ittee made a
report through DIR. 6hor,lidge, its
chairman. The doctor stated that the
com mittee, after very careful delibera.
tiop, had awarded the contract TO O. r.
Thomss & Go.
Mr.. Kyne viaorouslya t,acksd the re.
port, charging the committee with no. |
giving tho contract TO the lowest bid.
der. He understood that Bough man q
On. were $500 at le&st below q. F. |
Thomas & Go
DIR. shortlidge-"Msks 1t 81. .OO0"
Mr.. Kyne-"Well, $500 anyhow"
DIR Shortlidge taid he did not want
to be compelled TO make q minute staso-
ineDt that would reflect upon any mao
CT business firm, but there were good
md sufficient reasons for the comnittee
acting as they did.
Mr.. Kyne knew that the Board had
giving the contract for furnishing books
to other Aims.
Mr.. Fuekel, q member OF the com
uittee. went into An analysis of tie
kind and number Of books and sta.
tionery used and purchased by the pub.
lie schools, and showed that by com
pairing the two bids with the books G,
| &. Thomas X Co. were really bnt n few
dollars higher than Boughmau 81 Co
| Mr.. Morgan, another member OF the
/ 'DFrlf1 N ffIAn Int
closer snaly sis of the 81 articles upon
which b,ds were made Upon 40 grti.
cles Bouahms q Co. were the lowest,
and upon z8, com prisinR the more !sn
portant and most needed, o. r. Thomas
& Go. were the lowest, and upon the
whole aggregate the latter firm WAS
'nly IS IL higher than Boughman &;
Co.
Mr.. Jones asked II O. r. Thomas &;
Co. were the lowest bidders. He
thought tho lowest bidders should have
the contract.
Mr. Kyns made q touching appeal,
showing why poor man or poor firm
wnq as good as q rich one.
Mr.. Palmer, addressing Mr.. Fuekel,
said 1t was tntlrely wrong to give the
contract to the highest bidders. BouRh
man d Co. gave bond for the faithful
performance Of their duty aud that was
all the CON mittee had anything to do
with. He would not vote to give the
contract to the highest bidder. 1t was
wrong.
Mr.. Donaho, too. thought 1t was a
very wrong action giving the contract
to the highest bidder.
During this debate the members,
others than those on the com mittee,
, seemed to have forgotten that at a pre-
vious meeting the bids had been re
ferred TO the committee with Untrue
tioDs to award the contract to the besI
bidder, and the report Of the committee
was simply In accord with those in
str uctions.
DR.. 6hortlidge: 81 see the bosses art
still around" At this remark severa
4 mem bers glanced at each other, ant
were upon the point Of replying, bu
the doctor proceeding said he regretted
that he was compelled to make tui
statement whoever 1t might refiec
upon. He then proceeded to give th'
reasons why the contract was not Rivei
to Boughman & Co., and taking q let
ter from his pocket from the firm tha
furnished that firm with books, wa
about 10 read 1t when several member
objected to the reading CT apythip
that would refis CT on that firm.
Mr.. Ruth moved that the private lei
ters be excluded from the statement
which motion was carried.
] DR.. Shottlidge then proceeded TO ez
plain without the letters.
Mr.. Jones said he thought the com
mittee had gone en- tirely too far in thi
matter. II the Arm cannot furnis
. good security then don't give them th
contract. 1t was none OF the bushes
. Of the board If man don't pay b!
q debts.
Mr. Palmer reiterated his objection
e to the action OF the COMMITTEE, an
"a thought 1t made no difference to th
Z COMMITTEES II the books were stolen.
)f DIR. Shortlidge said something NOR
about the bosses driving the macEin,
:, whsn the chair said the debate was ell
/, tlrsly out OF order, as the contract hn
Il already bean given out In sccordanc
y with q resolution of the board.
: Mr.. Jones didn't see it in that lish
Is The com mittee's action WAS to BE- NJ
proved by the board.
Mr.. Kyne saw 1t in the same ligl
that Mr.. Jones did.
Mr.. Donaho said his recollection wi
as the char stated, but 1t was wron
nevertheless.
The debate upon the books then close,
and the board proceeded to consid
other matters.
MIR. Belts from the committee c
. fuel reported favorably on bills OF u
Charles Warner Company for coal, S3
PA 80 and James Mills, wood, Sl6l 8
TIE following amounts were author
zed for repairs: No Z, Sl2; No. IA, 81
No. 30, SO The comm ittee on No.
WAS authorized to advertise for propose
for heating the building by stean
stoves or heaters.
Mr.. Collins, from the committee
report upon the propriety CT renting
proffered room at Eighth and Unic
!. streets, reported that . room was grea
ly needed in the western part of q
city; that one c1uld be procured at N
Y. 82l Union street for 500 per annur
and recommended that 1t be leased.
On motion OF Mr.. Palmer, the Cor
mittee on Teachers WAS instructed
employ q teacher for the new school
a salary OF $500.
On motion of Mr.. Dlckey, the prop
officers were authorized 10 draw upt
the treasury Of the City Council for d
r- regular monthly appropriation; al
upon his mo tion the proper officers we
instructed to draw upon the State Ire
surer for tt State appropriation due.
Mr.. Foulk stated that tho annex
No. 16 would be finished within q
specified time named in the contrat
and upon his motion the commit
WAS authorized 10 advertise for prop
, sails for furnishing seats and other fu
niture.
-. DIR. shortlijge said he had no dou
. that a great many non residents we
!, attending the public schools OF W
iii minRton. The Board seemed TO be q
'" yided upon their right to do so, but